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[zeromajin]

I'm gonna be opening a retirement community soon and would be thrilled to give Ol' Blue a new permanent home

^ Your too kind, its all about lending that helping hand huh? ^ lol

[Tigger29]

Not really worth posting pictures for but here's my system:

-ASRock G43Twins-FullHD Motherboard
-E7400 C2D processor (slightly O/C'ed to 3.0GHZ)
-4GB (2X2GB) DDR3 1066 ram
-ATI HD5830 Video
-150GB WD Velociraptor (Plus an older 320GB HD Drive for storage)
-Corsair 650HX Power Supply
-Logitech G940 (Tempted to perform the magnet mod to my old X52 and see how it does)
-Win7 HP 64bit
-24" HP w2408 Monitor (cost me $8 WOOHOO!)

[skribetm]

 

[TilDeath]

This is the FASTEST System (actually two of them at same time) I have built to date.

Specs:
Case:               NZXT Phantom (White)
MB:                 EVGA X58 Classified 3
CPU:                Intel i7 950 (no OC yet)
HSF:               Prolimatech Megahalems Rev. B  NB Silent Fans x2
Mem:              12GB Corsair Dominator 1866Mhz  2GB x 6
Mem Cooler:    Dominator Fan
GPU:              XFX 5970 (Dual GPU)
PSU:              NZXT HALE90 1000watt
SSD:              OCZ RevoDRIVE-2 240GB
HD:                Western Digital 1TB 64mb Cache 6GB/s SATA-3
DVD:              Samsung DVD combo drive with Lightscribe
Cooling:          2 x 200mm  3 x 120mm  1 x 140mm
Mods:            Sleeved all power cables























I was curious how fast the RevoDrive-2 was so I compared it to the storage drive... yikes this thing is blazingly fast.  As soon as you "click" its there.  Did I mention Windows 7 Professional installed in about 8 mins.  I was told it would boot to desktop in about 15 seconds.  But since I am using a SATA 3 drive also, the Marvell controller slows things down, takes about 22 seconds.

[ebfd11]

System Information
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Time of this report: 12/20/2010, 04:11:26
       Machine name: LAWNDART-PC
   Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit (6.1, Build 7600) (7600.win7_gdr.100618-1621)
           Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: MICRO-STAR INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD
       System Model: MS-7512
               BIOS: Default System BIOS
          Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU    Q8400  @ 2.66GHz (4 CPUs), ~2.7GHz
             Memory: 8192MB RAM
Available OS Memory: 8192MB RAM
          Page File: 1420MB used, 14959MB available
        Windows Dir: C:\Windows
    DirectX Version: DirectX 11
DX Setup Parameters: Not found
   User DPI Setting: Using System DPI
 System DPI Setting: 96 DPI (100 percent)
    DWM DPI Scaling: Disabled
     DxDiag Version: 6.01.7600.16385 64bit Unicode


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Display Devices
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          Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
       Manufacturer: NVIDIA
          Chip type: GeForce GTX 470
           DAC type: Integrated RAMDAC
         Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_10DE&DEV_06CD&SUBSYS_079F10DE&REV_A3
     Display Memory: 4064 MB
   Dedicated Memory: 1248 MB
      Shared Memory: 2815 MB
       Current Mode: 1920 x 1080 (32 bit) (60Hz)
       Monitor Name: HP S2331 Series Wide LCD Monitor
      Monitor Model: HP S2331
         Monitor Id: HWP2907
        Native Mode: 1920 x 1080(p) (60.000Hz)
        Output Type: HDMI

[Gowron67]

Had this built about a year ago and love it

CPU - i7 920
Video - Asus Raedon 5870 1GB 
RAM - G.SKILL F#-10666CL9D-4GBRL Ripjaws PC3-1066 4GB 2x2GB DDR3-1333-9-9-9-24 Core i5
Motherboard - Asus Rampage II Extreme (intelX58/ICH10R)
Hard Drive - Seagate 1TB (7200 rpm SATA2 32MB)
Burner - Lite on DH-4B1S-13 4x Bluray writer (Sata)
Case - coolermaster 680
PSU - Corsair CMPSU - 850TX 850W
Monitor - Asus VH242H (16:9 LCD 23.6inch, 1080p)
Windows 7 Premium 64bit OEM
two Enermax Cluster UC-CL12 120 mm extra fans

[Getback]

Sahweet TD!

[Ping]

TD, If I win the lottery I will Definitely be in touch.
Gorgeous system.

on a side note.

How long before these are Heating our Homes... 

[Getback]

This is the FASTEST System (actually two of them at same time) I have built to date.

Specs:
Case:               NZXT Phantom (White)
MB:                 EVGA X58 Classified 3
CPU:                Intel i7 950 (no OC yet)
HSF:               Prolimatech Megahalems Rev. B  NB Silent Fans x2
Mem:              12GB Corsair Dominator 1866Mhz  2GB x 6
Mem Cooler:    Dominator Fan
GPU:              XFX 5970 (Dual GPU)
PSU:              NZXT HALE90 1000watt
SSD:              OCZ RevoDRIVE-2 240GB
HD:                Western Digital 1TB 64mb Cache 6GB/s SATA-3
DVD:              Samsung DVD combo drive with Lightscribe
Cooling:          2 x 200mm  3 x 120mm  1 x 140mm
Mods:            Sleeved all power cables

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I was curious how fast the RevoDrive-2 was so I compared it to the storage drive... yikes this thing is blazingly fast.  As soon as you "click" its there.  Did I mention Windows 7 Professional installed in about 8 mins.  I was told it would boot to desktop in about 15 seconds.  But since I am using a SATA 3 drive also, the Marvell controller slows things down, takes about 22 seconds.

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Was that case modified TD?

[TilDeath]

Was that case modified TD?

Just the cables

TD

[Getback]

Just the cables

TD

In what way were the cables modified? Do you mean split and then twisted?

[TilDeath]

In what way were the cables modified? Do you mean split and then twisted?

They are single sleeved.  Bought one for each system from NZXT and did the others myself.  LOOK CLOSELY they are single sleeved not grouped together.

TD

[Getback]

They are single sleeved.  Bought one for each system from NZXT and did the others myself.  LOOK CLOSELY they are single sleeved not grouped together.

TD

Okay.

When I get a J.O.B. I think I will build a new system with that case before I return to AH.

[Horn]

They are single sleeved.  Bought one for each system from NZXT and did the others myself.  LOOK CLOSELY they are single sleeved not grouped together.

TD

So would this be the most, well, modern build you've done? I'm looking to get back in (it's been awhile) and I must build anew and your specs look pretty righteous though I've yet to do more than cursory research on the newer stuff. (1200 watt PS? Gawd, I'm old)

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wish I could look at the pics, I know TD systems are some of the best looking I ever saw,        my specs from memory, (my daughters on playin Oblivion, so cant get exact specs,lol)      the MB is the asus 770...CPU.....duel quad 5600....oh hell im makin her save out :-)......ok CPU is the AMD Athlon 64x2 5600 2.9 ghz....MB is  Biostar TA770 A2+SE....HMM cant find name of mem...I have 2 sticks of 2 gig...supposed to be 800mhz,,,showing here as 400 :-(........GC Is the ATI Radeon 4830 1gig.......two hard drives...first one that the OS is on....WDC 320gig 7200rpm....second HD which is were AH is installed...WDC Raptor 40 gig 10,000 rpm.....OS is XPsp3.....plus the optical drive LITE-ON DVDRW SOHW.........running a 650 watt PSU....I think....LOL   I run the high res textures, 1440~900 every thing maxed but shadows on others off, shadow size 1024....get a good 60fps except when in huge furballs or many nme like the start of FSO drops to 40ish.got a sick looking case, but again on my phone so cant post pics......